READ: MECQ proposed if ‘bubble’ failsOCTA Research, the academe-based group that tracks the country’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, said a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) should be imposed if the “bubble” system in the National Capital Region (NCR) would fail to control the virus surge. The group issued the statement as the Department of Health admitted that the rise in cases eclipsed that in 2020. On Wednesday, the Philippines logged 6,666 new cases, pushing the total active case count to 91,754. the highest ever. The country now has 684,311 Covid-19 cases. According to PBA commissioner Willie Marcial, holding a bubble is the league’s last option.

Source: Manila Times March 24, 2021 19:37 UTC